Zanmenou Surname
Approximately 3,025 people bear this surname
Zanmenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,989 | 1:3,458 | 427 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Zanmènou (3) are calculated separately.
Zanmenou (886) may also be a first name.
Zanmenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zanmenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zanmenou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Zanmènou. Click here for other potential spellings of Zanmenou.
How Common Is The Last Name Zanmenou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 146,534th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,409,106 people. The last name Zanmenou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zanmenou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zanmenou is also the 273,104th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 886 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 2,989 people, or 1 in 3,458. In Benin Zanmenou is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 43 percent live, Zou Department, where 18 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 16 percent live. Outside of Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zanmènou | 96 | 3 | / |
| Zannmenou | 94 | 1 | / |
| Zanmenu | 93 | 78 | / |
| Zammenou | 88 | 22 | / |
| Zanminou | 88 | 7 | / |
| Zannmenu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Zonmenou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zanmenue | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zanmeenu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zounmenou | 82 | 2,421 | / |
| Zammenu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sanmeno | 80 | 0 | / |
| Zoummenou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Giammenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Xounmenou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanminu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tsanmena | 63 | 16 | / |
| Sanminot | 63 | 6 | / |
| Zanminah | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sammena | 53 | 17 | / |
| Sanmina | 53 | 8 | / |
| Sonmena | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jammena | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sammeena | 50 | 3 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zanmenou
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